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Philip Collins. Thoughts on public language here and in our newsletter, First Draft.
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✍️Words of the week are also posted to Look, Stranger!, the Substack run by our founder, Philip Collins.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
✍️Words of the week are also posted to Look, Stranger!, the Substack run by our founder, Philip Collins.
Check out this week's edition below ⬇️
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Word of the week: monetise.
Let's get this straight: you mean sell. There is nothing wrong with selling. To turn something into money
sounds more vulgar than selling it, not less.
Let's get this straight: you mean sell. There is nothing wrong with selling. To turn something into money
sounds more vulgar than selling it, not less.
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Word of the week: monetise.
Let's get this straight: you mean sell. There is nothing wrong with selling. To turn something into money
sounds more vulgar than selling it, not less.
Let's get this straight: you mean sell. There is nothing wrong with selling. To turn something into money
sounds more vulgar than selling it, not less.
Word of the week: Metaphor
In one of his less distinguished moments Samuel Johnson once suggested expelling metaphors from the English language. That would be needlessly limiting. Try to keep control of a metaphor by thinking literally about what you are suggesting.
So if your argument...
In one of his less distinguished moments Samuel Johnson once suggested expelling metaphors from the English language. That would be needlessly limiting. Try to keep control of a metaphor by thinking literally about what you are suggesting.
So if your argument...
January 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Word of the week: Metaphor
In one of his less distinguished moments Samuel Johnson once suggested expelling metaphors from the English language. That would be needlessly limiting. Try to keep control of a metaphor by thinking literally about what you are suggesting.
So if your argument...
In one of his less distinguished moments Samuel Johnson once suggested expelling metaphors from the English language. That would be needlessly limiting. Try to keep control of a metaphor by thinking literally about what you are suggesting.
So if your argument...
📖 Our word of the week is jargon.
The philologist Wilson Follett called jargon “mere plugs for the holes in one’s thought”. Here is a tip for avoiding jargon. Write down every word you use at work that you would never dream of using at home. Then tear it up and never use any of these words again.
The philologist Wilson Follett called jargon “mere plugs for the holes in one’s thought”. Here is a tip for avoiding jargon. Write down every word you use at work that you would never dream of using at home. Then tear it up and never use any of these words again.
January 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
📖 Our word of the week is jargon.
The philologist Wilson Follett called jargon “mere plugs for the holes in one’s thought”. Here is a tip for avoiding jargon. Write down every word you use at work that you would never dream of using at home. Then tear it up and never use any of these words again.
The philologist Wilson Follett called jargon “mere plugs for the holes in one’s thought”. Here is a tip for avoiding jargon. Write down every word you use at work that you would never dream of using at home. Then tear it up and never use any of these words again.
✍️"The problem is even vicarious and secondhand experiences are, by definition, lived."
Jargon buster from a recent edition of our newsletter, First Draft.
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Jargon buster from a recent edition of our newsletter, First Draft.
Read here — and sign up to get the next to your inbox: https://buff.ly/40d3hQI
January 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
✍️"The problem is even vicarious and secondhand experiences are, by definition, lived."
Jargon buster from a recent edition of our newsletter, First Draft.
Read here — and sign up to get the next to your inbox: https://buff.ly/40d3hQI
Jargon buster from a recent edition of our newsletter, First Draft.
Read here — and sign up to get the next to your inbox: https://buff.ly/40d3hQI
✍️ Labour and the case for dispersing power
Latest by our founder, Philip Collins, on Substack
🔗 Read more from Look, Stranger! here: https://buff.ly/3WjhNoX
Latest by our founder, Philip Collins, on Substack
🔗 Read more from Look, Stranger! here: https://buff.ly/3WjhNoX
January 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
✍️ Labour and the case for dispersing power
Latest by our founder, Philip Collins, on Substack
🔗 Read more from Look, Stranger! here: https://buff.ly/3WjhNoX
Latest by our founder, Philip Collins, on Substack
🔗 Read more from Look, Stranger! here: https://buff.ly/3WjhNoX
🔊 Do you want your organisation and its people to communicate better?
In our 'Mini MBA' programme, Philip Collins teaches the theory and practice of persuasive communication.
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In our 'Mini MBA' programme, Philip Collins teaches the theory and practice of persuasive communication.
👉 https://buff.ly/4alBQst
January 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🔊 Do you want your organisation and its people to communicate better?
In our 'Mini MBA' programme, Philip Collins teaches the theory and practice of persuasive communication.
👉 https://buff.ly/4alBQst
In our 'Mini MBA' programme, Philip Collins teaches the theory and practice of persuasive communication.
👉 https://buff.ly/4alBQst
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We're a company of writers and experts in rhetoric: the art of argument and persuasion. ✍️
What we practise, we also teach – we train people to write clearly, concisely and persuasively.
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What we practise, we also teach – we train people to write clearly, concisely and persuasively.
Find out more: thedraftwriters.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We're a company of writers and experts in rhetoric: the art of argument and persuasion. ✍️
What we practise, we also teach – we train people to write clearly, concisely and persuasively.
Find out more: thedraftwriters.com
What we practise, we also teach – we train people to write clearly, concisely and persuasively.
Find out more: thedraftwriters.com